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This article examines the relationship between grammaticalisation and three mechanisms of change, including reanalysis, analogy, and repetition. It suggests that though reanalysis requires discreteness, it does not necessarily involve a saltation and argues that a distinction should be made between mechanisms and motivations; hence analogical thinking should be distinguished from analogical change. It also discusses the argument that analogy is reanalysis because local (micro-)restructuring results from optimisation.

This article examines the relationship between grammaticalisation and three mechanisms of change, including reanalysis, analogy, and repetition. It suggests that though reanalysis requires discreteness, it does not necessarily involve a saltation and argues that a distinction should be made between mechanisms and motivations; hence analogical thinking should be distinguished from analogical change. It also discusses the argument that analogy is reanalysis because local (micro-)restructuring results from optimisation.